Celtic Jewellery

The following graphics are from drawings made by assorted artists working in the field of Archaeology.

Cloak pin. This is an early clothes fastener that develops into the Penannular Brooch
Fibula Brooch. This starts as a bent wire pin and develops a sprung pin and catch. First safety pin?
Bow back fibula. This is a follow on from the previous pin and gives scope for elaborate decoration.
Wrist bangles. Worn by both sexes.
Jet Necklace. A variety of materials are used and jet is a fossil of common coal. In Britain it is only found in its raw form on the N.East coast of Yorkshire.
Gold Torc. Worn around the neck, a Torc was a status symbol. Those for the ladies were light weight, whilst those worn by the men could be very large and heavy, and perhaps only worn on festive occasions.
Glass Beads. The Celts were producing high quality ceramic glass long before the Greeks and Romans.
Gold Lunar. High class necklace from Ireland, not found in mainland Britain.